Strong pipeline of emerging markets who are attracted to become 'Euroclearable' to facilitate international investment

Exploring new opportunities to provide data services that support clients in optimising collateral and liquidity

Corporate Evolutions

Successfully completed the relocation of the ultimate holding company to Belgium, following almost unanimous approval from our shareholders. This guarantees that the Company's legal seat is located inside the European Union

Shareholders also approved amendments to the articles of association, meaning the Company now has a single class of ordinary shares

The Board recognises the need to provide a long-term liquidity solution available to all shareholders and is reviewing options to ensure this is completed in an orderly manner

Commenting on the results, Lieve Mostrey, Chief Executive Officer said: "Euroclear has had an excellent year, with key business metrics reaching record levels, demonstrating the attractiveness of our proposition and focused strategy. Looking forward, we will continue to invest in our customer offer and focus on delivering our strategic objectives for the benefit of all our stakeholders."

Note to editors

Euroclear group is the financial industry's trusted provider of post trade services. At the core, the group provides settlement, safe-keeping and servicing of domestic and cross-border securities for bonds, equities and derivatives to investment funds. Euroclear is a proven, resilient capital market infrastructure committed to delivering risk-mitigation, automation and efficiency at scale for its global client franchise.

The Euroclear group includes Euroclear Bank - which is rated AA+ by Fitch Ratings and AA by Standard & Poor's - as well as Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear Finland, Euroclear France, Euroclear Nederland, Euroclear Sweden and Euroclear UK & Ireland. The Euroclear group settled the equivalent of EUR 791 trillion in securities transactions in 2018, representing 230 million domestic and cross-border transactions and held an average of EUR 28.8 trillion in assets for clients.